Distress Tolerance: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications

305 Pages·2010·2.39 MB·English

by  Michael J. Zvolensky

Distress tolerance

Distress

tolerance
Theory, Research,
and Clinical Applications
edited by
Michael J. Zvolensky
aMit Bernstein
anka a. vuJanovic
T G P
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Distress tolerance : theory, research, and clinical applications / edited by Michael J.
Zvolensky, Amit Bernstein, Anka A. Vujanovic.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-60918-038-6 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Psychology, Pathological. 2. Distress (Psychology) I. Zvolensky, Michael J.
II. Bernstein, Amit. III. Vujanovic, Anka A.
[DNLM: 1. Stress, Psychological—physiopathology. 2. Stress, Psychological—
psychology. 3. Mental Disorders—physiopathology. 4. Psychophysiologic Disorders—
physiopathology. 5. Stress, Physiological. WM 172 D614 2011]
RC454.D55 2011
616.89—dc22
2010025131
about the editors
Michael J. Zvolensky, PhD, is Richard and Pamela Ader Green and Gold
Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology and Director
of the Anxiety and Health Research Laboratory at the University of Ver-
mont. His research program cuts across basic and applied work in the
area of anxiety disorders. Specifically, his work is focused principally on
examining vulnerability processes involved with the onset and mainte-
nance of these disorders. Dr. Zvolensky has been especially involved in
better understanding the role of cigarette smoking in the etiology and
maintenance of panic psychopathology and, at the same time, the role
that panic vulnerability factors may play in smoking cessation.
Amit Bernstein, PhD, is Senior Lecturer and Yigal Alon Fellow in the
Department of Psychology and Director of the International Research
Collaborative on Anxiety Laboratory at the University of Haifa, Israel.
Previously, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Health Care
Evaluation at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System and the Department
of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of
Medicine. Dr. Bernstein’s research is focused on specific and transdi-
agnostic vulnerability and resilience processes underlying anxiety and
related disorders, such as addiction.
Anka A. Vujanovic, PhD, is Staff Research Psychologist at the National
Center for PTSD, Behavioral Science Division, VA Boston Healthcare
System, and Assistant Professor in the Division of Psychiatry, Bos-
ton University School of Medicine. Dr. Vujanovic’s research program
focuses on cognitive–affective and behavioral risk and maintenance
factors related to posttraumatic stress disorder and co-occurring post-
traumatic stress and substance use disorders.
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contributors
Michael D. Anestis, MS, Department of Psychology, Florida State
University, Tallahassee, Florida
Gordon J. G. Asmundson, PhD, Department of Psychology, University
of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Amit Bernstein, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Haifa,
Haifa, Israel
Marina A. Bornovalova, PhD, Department of Psychology, University
of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
Richard A. Brown, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior,
Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
R. Nicholas Carleton, PhD, Department of Psychology, University
of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Shauna L. Clen, BS, Department of Psychology, Kent State University,
Kent, Ohio
Kelsey C. Collimore, MA, Department of Psychology, University of Regina,
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Stacey B. Daughters, PhD, Department of Public and Community Health,
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Erin L. Fink, BA, Department of Psychology, Florida State University,
Tallahassee, Florida
David M. Fresco, PhD, Department of Psychology, Kent State University,
Kent, Ohio
Elizabeth V. Gifford, PhD, Center for Health Care Evaluation, VA Palo
Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California; Department
of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School
of Medicine, Stanford, California
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Kim L. Gratz, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
Thomas E. Joiner, PhD, Department of Psychology, Florida State University,
Tallahassee, Florida
Meghan Keough, MS, Department of Psychology, Florida State University,
Tallahassee, Florida
Carl W. Lejuez, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland,
College Park, Maryland
Teresa M. Leyro, BA, Department of Psychology, University of Vermont,
Burlington, Vermont
Brett T. Litz, PhD, National Center for PTSD, Behavioral Science Division,
VA Boston Healthcare System, and Division of Psychiatry, Boston
University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Thomas R. Lynch, PhD, Mood Disorders Centre, College of Life and
Environmental Sciences, Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter,
United Kingdom
Douglas S. Mennin, PhD, Department of Psychology, Yale University,
New Haven, Connecticut
Melissa Mitchell, MS, Department of Psychology, Florida State University,
Tallahassee, Florida
Guy A. Mizon, PhD, Mood Disorders Centre, College of Life and
Environmental Sciences, Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter,
United Kingdom
Daniel L. Peluso, MA, Department of Psychology, University of Regina,
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Christina Riccardi, MS, Department of Psychology, Florida State University,
Tallahassee, Florida
Jessica M. Richards, BS, Department of Psychology, University
of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Norman B. Schmidt, PhD, Department of Psychology, Florida State
University, Tallahassee, Florida
Edward A. Selby, MS, Department of Psychology, Florida State University,
Tallahassee, Florida
April R. Smith, MS, Department of Psychology, Florida State University,
Tallahassee, Florida
Jodie A. Trafton, PhD, VA Program Evaluation and Resource Center,
VA Office of Mental Health Services, Center for Health Care
Evaluation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park,
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California; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
Matthew T. Tull, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
Anka A. Vujanovic, PhD, National Center for PTSD, Behavioral Science
Division, VA Boston Healthcare System, and Division of Psychiatry,
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Carl F. Weems, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of
New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
Patrick G. Welch, MA, Department of Psychology, University of Regina,
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Michael J. Zvolensky, PhD, Department of Psychology, University
of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont